Raw Materials Policy

Raw materials turnaround now: Highlights and Voices from the Alternative Raw Materials Summit

From Emma Jacoby / 19.11.2024 Comments Disabled

German and European raw materials policy urgently needs new strategies and paradigms in order to be fit for the future and to do justice globally. How exactly this should work, people from international civil society, politics, trade unions [...]

How German metal consumption is weighing on Southeast Asia – local perspectives

From Emma Jacoby / 25.09.2024 Comments Disabled

Nickel, which is used in German e-cars or buildings, has often come from Russia in the past and could increasingly come from Indonesia or the Philippines in the future. Other [...]

What does Europe bring us? The EU election in the PowerShift check

From Emma Jacoby / 30.05.2024 Comments Disabled

From 6 to 9 June, the people of Europe will elect the European Parliament. The EU also has a major influence on the PowerShift sectors - raw materials, trade, investment, climate and energy policy. In [...]

Metal trade: the blind spot in the supply chain

From Emma Jacoby / 22.05.2024 Comments Disabled

When we think of (metallic) raw materials, we often think of the mines where they are mined, the mining companies and working conditions of the miners. Or to the companies and products, [...]

Consuming fewer metals – how Germany’s raw materials transition succeeds

From Emma Jacoby / 08.04.2024 Comments Disabled

A world without metallic raw materials? Not imaginable. They meet us in our everyday lives in the form of coffee machines, bicycles, cutlery, smartphones and are installed in our apartments as pipes, pipes [...]

Raw materials at all costs – an analysis of the Critical Raw Materials Act

From Emma Jacoby / 27.01.2024 Comments Disabled

The EU Critical Raw Materials Act was discussed in record time. Just nine months after the European Commission's first draft, it was adopted by Parliament in December 2023. It should help [...]

New raw material needs in the EU – how they exacerbate old injustices in South Africa

From Emma Jacoby / 17.10.2023 Comments Disabled

South Africa has rich reserves of raw materials – many German companies also source their raw materials from there. The effects of colonialism and apartheid in the South African raw materials sector are still noticeable today. [...]

Less is more – why the National Circular Economy Strategy should also focus on reduction

From Emma Jacoby / 29.06.2023 Comments Disabled

At the end of April, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke launched the elaboration of a National Circular Economy Strategy. Among other things, it should help to reduce the high consumption of raw materials in Germany. Take a look at our latest podcast episode...

Danger to people and the environment – What is included in the Critical Raw Materials Act

From Emma Jacoby / 12.06.2023 Comments Disabled

In mid-March, the European Commission presented the draft Critical Raw Materials Act. The Raw Materials Act aims to ensure the supply of critical raw materials in the EU. In our current [...]

Reorientation of the German Raw Materials Strategy – What is stated in the Federal Government’s Key Issues Paper

From Emma Jacoby / 13.03.2023 Comments Disabled

At the beginning of January, the Federal Government presented the key points for the expansion of the German raw materials strategy. In addition to binding recycling quotas, sustainability standards and a raw material fund, it is also focusing for the first time on the role of mining.